I think most of us realized this was not going to be a great movie just by the lack of good reviews, particularly poor word of mouth reviews.
I don't think we were prepared for how bad it would be. What happened to Phoenix ? His wooden performance was not just poor Acting, it was strange.
The plot was sparse, gave us no new insights, didn't pick a direction so that we were left with it skimming over his battles, his strategy, his personality problems, his love affair. Places it was confusing showing some of the revolts but skimming over them without really getting into the plot. Most of the time was spent portraying Josephine is a slut. We don't need an hour of that to understand it.
It's odd how a movie about one of the most colorful people in history lacked heart, drama, emotion... How can you tell a story about Napoleon and make it colorless? It's mind-boggling but this deserves the award for the most outrageous flop of the decade.
I don't think we were prepared for how bad it would be. What happened to Phoenix ? His wooden performance was not just poor Acting, it was strange.
The plot was sparse, gave us no new insights, didn't pick a direction so that we were left with it skimming over his battles, his strategy, his personality problems, his love affair. Places it was confusing showing some of the revolts but skimming over them without really getting into the plot. Most of the time was spent portraying Josephine is a slut. We don't need an hour of that to understand it.
It's odd how a movie about one of the most colorful people in history lacked heart, drama, emotion... How can you tell a story about Napoleon and make it colorless? It's mind-boggling but this deserves the award for the most outrageous flop of the decade.
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